Social Security Benefits: Veterans
Commons · Question 51114 · Tabled 9 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 19 May 2025
Question
Asked by David Mundell
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that financial reparations to LGBT veterans are not considered in assessments for benefit entitlement.
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 19 May 2025
Financial recognition payments made to LGBT veterans as part of the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme are not taken into account in the assessment of DWP means-tested benefits. The Department has legislated to disregard these payments and issued guidance ...